Threat level: Low An attacker can determine the exact product version along with the build date.

Severity: Low Attackers could potentially use the version information to launch exploits that work on the enumerated version. This allows attackers to narrow down the number of exploits that might work against the target.

A problem was identified that could potentially cause a security vulnerability in certain versions of the BEA Plumtree Foundation and BEA AquaLogic Interaction. Configuration changes are available to correct this problem (see Section II). Oracle treats potential security problems with a high degree of urgency and endeavors to take appropriate steps to help ensure the security of our customers’ systems. As a result, Oracle strongly suggests the following actions:

I. Read the following advisory. II. Apply the suggested action. III. If you know of any additional users interested in future security advisories, please forward them the registration instructions included in this advisory.

I. Advisory

On earlier BEA Plumtree Foundation releases, the exact version along with the build date is always included at the bottom of every requested HTML page within HTML comments. If the user were to use the View Source feature of their browser, then the version and build date would be visible in an HTML comment.

This advisory corrects this issue by providing configuration information to prevent version and build date from appearing in the HTML page in an HTML comment unless specifically enabled.

SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS

Oracle strongly suggests that customers apply the remedies recommended in all our security advisories. Oracle also urges customers to apply every Service/Maintenance Pack as they are released. Service/Maintenance Packs include a roll-up of all bug fixes for each version of the product, as well as each of the prior Service/Maintenance Packs. Service/Maintenance Packs and information about them can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/bea_main.html

As a policy, if there are any security-related issues with any Oracle product, Oracle will distribute an advisory and instructions with the appropriate course of action. Because the security of your site, data, and code is our highest priority, we are committed to communicating all security-related issues clearly and openly.